Self-Assessment

Researchers have developed and validated scales to screen for wireless mobile device addiction.


Two of the scales are:

1. Smartphone Compulsion Test

2. Smartphone Addiction Scale – Short Version



a David N. Greenfield. The Center for Internet and Technology Addiction. https://virtual-addiction.com
b Kwon M, Kim DJ, Cho H, Yang S. The smartphone addiction scale: development and validation of a short version for adolescents. PLoS One. 2013;8(12):e83558



“ Constructive self-assessment leads to change.
Unkind self-criticism leads to guilt. ”